Bug#539513: gnome-settings-daemon: error reporter at every login: There was an error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon

[alfredo amontagna]

Package: gnome-settings-daemon
Version: 2.24.1-3
Severity: normal

Hi,
after upgrading my 2 workstation I get a popup with the following
message after every login.

|There was an error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon.
|
|Some things, such as themes, sounds, or background settings may not work
|correctly.
|
|The last error message was:
|
|Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application
|did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply,
|the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
|
|GNOME will still try to restart the Settings Daemon next time you log in.

the problem was raised monday Jul 27 2009 after ubgrading the following
packages:

[UPGRADE] consolekit 0.3.0-2 -> 0.3.0-3
[UPGRADE] cpp-4.3 4.3.3-13 -> 4.3.3-14
[UPGRADE] dbus 1.2.14-3 -> 1.2.16-2
[UPGRADE] dbus-x11 1.2.14-3 -> 1.2.16-2
[UPGRADE] desmume 0.9.2-1-1 -> 0.9.4-1
[UPGRADE] ed 1.3-4 -> 1.4-1
[UPGRADE] exuberant-ctags 1:5.7-4 -> 1:5.8-1
[UPGRADE] gcc-4.3 4.3.3-13 -> 4.3.3-14
[UPGRADE] gcc-4.3-base 4.3.3-13 -> 4.3.3-14
[UPGRADE] ipcalc 0.41-1 -> 0.41-2
[UPGRADE] libcaca0 0.99.beta16-1 -> 0.99.beta16-2
[UPGRADE] libck-connector0 0.3.0-2 -> 0.3.0-3
[UPGRADE] libdbus-1-3 1.2.14-3 -> 1.2.16-2
[UPGRADE] libpam-ck-connector 0.3.0-2 -> 0.3.0-3
[UPGRADE] libpth20 2.0.7-12 -> 2.0.7-13
[UPGRADE] sudo 1.7.0-1 -> 1.7.2-1
[UPGRADE] tshark 1.0.8-1 -> 1.2.0-1
[UPGRADE] ttf-dejavu 2.29-2 -> 2.29-3
[UPGRADE] ttf-dejavu-core 2.29-2 -> 2.29-3
[UPGRADE] ttf-dejavu-extra 2.29-2 -> 2.29-3
[UPGRADE] wireshark 1.0.8-1 -> 1.2.0-1
[UPGRADE] wireshark-common 1.0.8-1 -> 1.2.0-1

downgrading the following packages from version 1.2.16-2 to 1.2.14-3
solves the problem:
dbus
dbus-x11
libdbus-1-3

on a sid desktop I have no problem with g-s-d, so maybe the problem is
caused by the gnome transition phase.

don't esitate to ask for further informations.

I don't know if the problem is in g-s-d or in dbus or other; feel free to
reassign to the appropiate package.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon depends on:
ii  gconf2                        2.26.2-1   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libc6                         2.9-12     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                     1.8.6-2+b1 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3                   1.2.16-2   simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2              0.80-4     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libesd-alsa0 [libesd0]        0.2.41-5   Enlightened Sound Daemon (ALSA) - 
ii  libfontconfig1                2.6.0-4    generic font configuration library
ii  libgconf2-4                   2.26.2-1   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0                   1:2.6.4-1  library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0                  2.20.1-2   The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2-11         2.26.1-1   Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome2-0                   2.26.0-1   The GNOME library - runtime files
ii  libgnomekbd3                  2.26.0-1   GNOME library to manage keyboard c
ii  libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10 0.10.23-3  GStreamer libraries from the "base
ii  libgstreamer0.10-0            0.10.23-2  Core GStreamer libraries and eleme
ii  libgtk2.0-0                   2.16.1-2   The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1-gtk2.1 0.4.5-1    sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libx11-6                      2:1.2.2-1  X11 client-side library
ii  libxi6                        2:1.1.4-1  X11 Input extension library
ii  libxklavier12                 3.9-1      X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii  libxxf86misc1                 1:1.0.1-3  X11 XFree86 miscellaneous extensio

gnome-settings-daemon recommends no packages.

Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon suggests:
ii  gnome-screensaver             2.26.1-1   GNOME screen saver and locker
ii  metacity [x-window-manager]   1:2.26.0-3 lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii  twm [x-window-manager]        1:1.0.4-2  Tab window manager
ii  x11-xserver-utils             7.4+2      X server utilities

-- no debconf information